Niger Regime Chief Talks 'Security Cooperation' With Putin
The head of Niger’s military regime General Abdourahamane Tiani spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone about strengthening security cooperation.
This is according to an official communiqué from the Niger junta.
The two countries had already agreed in January to strengthen military ties when Niger Prime Minister Ali Zeine led a delegation to Moscow.
Niger, one of the world’s poorest countries, had been a frontline partner of the West in battling jihadists in the Sahel but has embraced Russia as a fledgling defence partner since the elected president was removed last year.
General Tiani, who has led Niger since the July coup, thanked Putin for Russia’s “support” for the Sahel country and its struggle for national sovereignty.
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